Corn-planter



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GORN'PLANTER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDENAND WISKO OIL, OF PRAIRIE DU SAG, 'WISOON SIN.

CORN-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,903, dated April 29, I884.

' Application filed December 19, 1883., (No model.) I

State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved corn-plant'er, showingthe marker depressed to one side into its operative position. Fig. 3 is a bottom view. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on line a: m, Fig. 3; and Figs. 5 and'6 are perspective detail views .of parts of the machine which will be hereinafter fully .described. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

and combinationof parts of the same, as will be hereinafter more fully described and in the enlarged view, Fig. 6, where it will be seen that by means of the plate E and setscrew E the size of the aperture in the slide E, and consequently the amount of corn fed through the aperture D in the bottom of the hopper, can be regulated at the will of the operator.

In the bottom of each hopper, and immediately below the aperture D, is pivotally secured by its upper end a chute, F. This chute is adj ustably connected by means of a curved strip, G, to the side of the hopper, the said My invention has relation to corn-planters, and it consists in the improved construction- G, through any one of which passes a pin, G, bywhich arrangement the adjustment of the chute is effected, for the purpose hereinafter described. The slides E are normally held in their closed position by meansof springs H, secured to the side of each hopper, and are operatedv by means of levers I, pivoted in suitable bearings on the rear side of the seedboxes, the outwardly-projecting ends of the levers being operated by suitable cams, J, on the tires of the wheels 0 C. These wheels 0 O are of the shape shown in the drawings, being provided with the cams J, by which the slides E are operated through the intervening mechanism just described, and having flanges K, which serve to make an impression over the spot where the corn is discharged into the furrow, and also v act to a certain extent as coverers.

To the rear ends of the frame A are secured outwardly-pro ecting metal pieces L, beveled upon their lower edges to adapt them to serve as knives for the purpose of clearing the cams J and flanges K at each revolution of the wheel from any mud or dirt which may cling to them.

I To the forward ends or corners of the frame A are secured one end of the bent springs M,

to the lower free ends of which are secured the openers or plowshares N, which are formed of a single piece of metal, provided on its lower side or edge with longitudinal slots or openings N. The lower parts of the springs M are connected by means of connecting-rods O to the extremities of a double crank, P, having a handle, Q, by which arrangement the openers N may be raised or lowered when desired.

R represents a series of standards, which are secured upon a cross-piece, It, held in suitable bearings, S, which are adjustably secured upon the frame A in front of the drivers seat, the said standards serving as guides for theoperator or driver to look across at the row of impressions made by the flanges K, and thereby keep the planter in its right course.

f T represents the marker, consisting of the frame T and head U, the latter being shown strip being provided with a series of apertures.

-more clearly in the enlarged view, Fig. 5.

shaped teeth, V, and having its periphery will strike, the slot or opening N in the opennotched or recessed, as at V".

\V indicates the catch, of the form shown in the drawings, the longer arms lV of which are adapted to engage with the recesses in the periphery of the wheel V. Vhen the marker is depressed to the right, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the end of the left-hand long arm of the catch V will rest within one of the notches or recesses V, so as to hold one of the teeth V locked in position to mark. Now, in case of the marker running against a stone or other obstruction, the ends of the lower short or right-hand arms will strike against the stone before the same touches the operating tooth of the wheel, thereby turning the catch on its pivot and raising the extremity of the upper or right-hand long arm out of the notch or recess in which it was resting, thereby allowing the wheel to revolve when the obstruction strikes against the tooth V which is marking at the time, the wheel turning until the next tooth V comes into operative position, when the extremity of the right-hand long arm falls into the next recess or notch on the periphery of the wheel, thereby again locking the same into its operative position. The lower end of the frame T of the marker is pivotally secured to the forward part of the frame A, in front of the drivers seat, in such a manner that the marker can be thrown over so as to operate on either side of the machine, and when not in use it is secured out of the'way in a vertical position by means of the vertical springcatch X.

The object of adjustably securing the chutes F in the manner described is to enable them to be moved or swung backward or forward,

ers N allowing this movement.

From the foregoing descriptlon, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

. the construction and operation of my improved corn-planter will readily be understood without requiring further explanation.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1. The combination of the frame A, seedboxes D, having apertures D, slides E, having adjustable plates E and set-screws E, springs H, levers I, adjustable chutes F, wheels 0, having cams J and flanges K, and openers N, having longitudinal slots N, and connected to the front ends of the frame A by means of adjustable springs M, constructed and arranged to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. As an improvement in corn-planters, a marker consisting of the frame T, wheel V, having teeth V, and having its periphery notched or recessed, as at V, and catch \V, constructed to operate substantially in the manner and for the purpose shown and described.

The combination, with the frame A, of the hinged frame T, wheel V, having teeth V, and having its periphery notched or re cessed, as at V, and catch XV, constructed as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as FERDENAND VVISKOCIL.

\Vitnesses:

HENRY Rose, E. W. YOUNG. 

